Feb 17, 2016
Words by Cathy Zeilfelder
A new version of Kanye West's “Wolves” has mysteriously appeared online, featuring Sia, Vic Mensa and Frank Ocean.
The original version of “Wolves” was performed by West with Sia and Vic Mensa in early 2015 for the 40th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live, as well as the Yeezy Season 1 fashion show. As one of the most anticipated songs on the album released last week, fans were expecting to hear the Australian pop singer and Mensa on The Life of Pablo. Instead, they found a version featuring Frank Ocean and slightly different lyrics.
Now, it's not as though anybody's been complaining about hearing new Frank Ocean, but many were left wondering where the original version went.
On February 14, Kanye West tweeted “Ima fix wolves,” referring to the contested track:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/698971890581401600
The track seemingly blends all three featured guests, although there is currently no word as to whether or not this is an official version, or a fan mash-up. Opening on Ocean's verse (the original album version had him closing it,) this is by far the best version of "Wolves" we've heard thus far.
Considering how confusing Kanye's social media output has been this week, we actually have no idea whether the album - which was released on Tidal, and illegally downloaded more than half a million times - is even the finished version or not. Probably not, but truthfully, we're starting to lose interest.
Listen below. You can also check out the full album credits for The Life Of Pablo here.
Image: NBC